Pedrosa Conquers Brno with Marquez taking important points in 4th

It was a day of mixed fortunes for the Repsol Honda Team in Brno as Dani Pedrosa won his first race since Malaysia 2013, but with it, ended Marc Marquez’ winning run as the Championship leader finished in 4th, only his third non-podium finish in the premier class.

It was another frantic start to the race with Marc dropping to 5th from his pole position start and Dani making up a position to 4th by the end of the first lap. By lap six, Dani had made his way through the field – setting a new fastest race lap (1’56.027) – and was 2nd behind race leader, Jorge Lorenzo. On lap six, he passed Jorge and never looked back, controlling the race perfectly to the end – setting a new fastest race time – and becoming the first rider other than Marc to win this season.

Marc lost some time battling with Iannone on lap five, but eventually passed him into 3rd and began to chase down the race leaders. However, on lap ten he began to lose time to Valentino who was chasing him and by lap thirteen he was unable to hold of the challenge. Marc held onto 4th and took important Championship points.

With this win, Dani has recovered 12 points on Marc and opened up the gap between him and Valentino in the Rider’s Championship. He now sits in second (77 points behind Marc) on 186 points, 13 ahead of Valentino. The Repsol Honda Team maintain their perfect 2014 season, winning every race, and extend their lead in the Team Championship to 139 points over their second place rivals and Honda now lead the Constructor Championship by 81 points. Since the introduction of the four-stroke MotoGP class in 2002, Honda have the most victories (six) at Brno with Honda riders winning for the past four consecutive years.

The team will be back on track tomorrow for an Official Post-Race Test, before heading to Great Britain for the next race on 31st August.

Dani Pedrosa

"I am very happy to have won this race! This year it has been a tough road to victory, but today everybody in the team is very happy. Seeing their smiling faces makes me happy as well, because you always try to get the best results but don't always manage to do so. This year we have an amazing rival in Marc, who has had great performances at every round so far. Maybe today wasn't his best day, but I think that we also worked very well this weekend; bringing home the win for the team feels fantastic.”

Marc Marquez

"Today was one of those Sundays in which I neither felt completely comfortable, nor had found the best setup for the bike. It wasn't down to a mistake by me or by the team, it was simply that we didn't have the same feeling as on other Sundays. In a way it's taken a weight off my shoulders, as now people won't be asking me if I can win every race anymore. It was also important that we were able to focus on staying in fourth, even though it was tough not to be fighting for the win; we took 13 points that are important for the World Championship and we have a big advantage. What matters is who wins the title -not who wins the most races.”

MotoGP 2014Sunday, August 17th 2014

Race
Round 11
Bwin Grand Prix České RepublikyCzech Republic

Results Session

Pos.

Rider

Num

Nation

Points

Team

Constructor

Time/Gap

1

Pedrosa Dani

26

SPA

25

Repsol Honda Team

Honda

42'47.800

2

Lorenzo Jorge

99

SPA

20

Yamaha

+0.410

3

Rossi Valentino

46

ITA

16

Yamaha

+5.259

4

Marquez Marc

93

SPA

13

Repsol Honda Team

Honda

+10.454

5

Iannone Andrea

29

ITA

11

Pramac Racing

Ducati

+17.639

6

Dovizioso Andrea

4

ITA

10

Ducati Team

Ducati

+17.834

7

Bradl Stefan

6

GER

9

LCR Honda MotoGP

Honda

+23.819

8

Espargaro Aleix

41

SPA

8

Athina Forward Racing

Forward Yamaha

+29.621

9

Smith Bradley

38

GBR

7

Monster Yamaha Tech 3

Yamaha

+30.364

10

Bautista Alvaro

19

SPA

6

Go & Fun Honda Gresini

Honda

+37.639

11

Redding Scott

45

GBR

5

Go & Fun Honda Gresini

Honda

+55.604

12

Pirro Michele

51

ITA

4

Ducati

Ducati

+56.727

13

Aoyama Hiroshi

7

JPN

3

Aspar Team

Honda

+56.908

14

Abraham Karel

17

CZE

2

AB Motoracing

Honda

+1'04.135

15

Carnier Leon

2

GBR

1

Aspar Team

Honda

+1'04.902

16

De Angelis Alex

15

RSM

0

Athina Forward Racing

Forward Yamaha

+1'20.666

17

Barbera Hector

8

SPA

0

Ducati Team

Ducati

+1'24.282

18

Di Meglio Mike

63

FRA

0

Avintia Racing

Avintia

+1'27.436

19

Parkes Broc

23

AUS

0

Paul Bird Motorsport

PBM

+1'38.867

20

Petrucci Danilo

9

ITA

0

Octo IodaRacing Team

ART

DNF

21

Crutchlow Cal

35

GBR

0

Ducati Team

Ducati

DNF

22

Espargaro Pol

44

SPA

0

Monster Yamaha Tech 3

Yamaha

DNF

23

Laverty Michael

70

GBR

0

Paul Bird Motorsport

PBM

DNF

24

Hernandez Yonny

68

COL

0

Pramac Racing

Ducati

DNF

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The world’s most famous riders have taken part in GP events in Brno since 1930, where up until 1982 they would race through the villages and western parts of the city on a road track named after the first Czechoslovak President – T.G. Masaryk. The only venue that has hosted… read more.

Location Information

The world’s most famous riders have taken part in GP events in Brno since 1930, where up until 1982 they would race through the villages and western parts of the city on a road track named after the first Czechoslovak President – T.G. Masaryk. The only venue that has hosted… read more.